Unfortunately, among the posts of love and support were plenty of posts containing false information. Because of the magnitude of this incident, a lot of fake facts began to spread quickly as people tweeted and retweeted things that were inherently untrue. It's entirely possible that much of this was done with good intentions; so many people were looking for ways to help, and that's obviously a good thing. But at the same time, it's so important to make sure what you're sharing online is, in fact, real. Below are some of the widely-shared pieces of information that have been proven false over the past several days.

1. Fake pictures of "missing" children and teens have been retweeted thousands of times on social media.

It was undoubtedly heartbreaking to go online on Monday and see people sharing photos of friends that they could not locate after Ariana's concert. However, not all of those photos were legitimate; it turns out that some people were sharing photos of strangers, models, or YouTube stars with the possible goal of getting attention and retweets. One person even tweeted a photo of a little boy with Down syndrome, only to be determined that the picture was from a 2014 clothing ad.

A spokesperson for InterContinental Hotels (the parent company of Holiday Inn) told BuzzFeed, "There has been reports of a number of unaccompanied children being bought to a Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express in the area, however these are incorrect. Our hotels were working with police throughout the night, but we did not have a group of unaccompanied children at our hotel." The Greater Manchester Police also tweeted an update about this rumor, urging parents and loved ones to call the National Casualty Bureau and not the hotels.

3. There were false reports of a gunman in association with the Manchester bombings.

Soon after the initial explosion, people began tweeting that there was a gunman at Oldham Royal Hospital. One woman reportedly took to Facebook to claim that she was inside the hospital, and a man was outside with a gun. It later turned out that the hospital was on lockdown because of the Manchester bombing, not because of an additional gunman.

5. Some people are falsely presuming that a Trump-esque travel ban would have stopped the suspect from carrying out the attack.

The New York Times notes that suspect Salman Abedi recently traveled to Libya, which is prompting some people on social media to say that the Manchester attack could have been avoidable if the UK adopted a travel ban akin to Trump's (as his executive order included Libya as one of the banned countries). However, as the Times points out, Abedi is a British citizen and carries a British passport. Trump's executive order did not apply to people with U.S. passports, therefore, by this logic, Abedi's trip to Libya would not have prohibited him from getting back into the UK.

6. Fake pictures of the suspect's sister have been shared online.

As noted by The Independent, photos of Instagram stars and beauty bloggers have been falsely used to represent the sister of the suspect. Janice Joostema and Maya Ahmad are two of the social media celebrities whose photos have been used in Italian newspapers in conjunction with the attack. According to The Independent, the suspect's sister herself reportedly uses photos of beauty bloggers as Facebook profile pictures, which has led publications to make this error.

7. Some people are setting up fake fundraising websites.

Yesterday, the Greater Manchester Police warned community members to be cautious of fraudulent fundraising websites. In a tweet, they shared a link to a page that people online can trust, in partnership with the British Red Cross. At the time of writing, the fundraising page promoted by the GMP has raised £1,568,706, which is the equivalent of $2,032,737.